S.W.A.T.( 2003)

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Overview

Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.

Top Billed Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Colin Farrell
Jim Street
Michelle Rodriguez
Chris Sanchez
LL Cool J
Deacon 'Deke' Kay
Josh Charles
T.J. McCabe
Jeremy Renner
Brian Gamble
Brian Van Holt
Michael Boxer
Olivier Martinez
Alex Montel
Domenick Lombardozzi
GQ
Reg E. Cathey
Lt. Greg Velasquez
Larry Poindexter
Capt. Thomas Fuller
Page Kennedy
Travis
James DuMont
Gus
Denis Arndt
Sgt. Howard
Lindsey Ginter
Agent Hauser
Octavia Spencer
Neighbor in Alley
Noel Gugliemi
Latino Thug
Clark Johnson
Deke's Handsome Partner
Matt Gerald
Nick
Ken Davitian
Uncle Martin Gascoigne
Tricia Kelly
Waitress at Pub
Ashley Scott
Lara
Benjamin King
Customs Agent #1
Alex Trebek
(voice)
Reed Diamond
Officer
Neal H. Moritz
Driver
Max Thayer
Desk Officer
Jeff Wincott
Ed Taylor
Marcio Rosario
Dispatcher Garcia
Jay Montalvo
Spanish Newscaster
Michael Papajohn
Bistro Gangster #3
Sergio Kato
Prison Guard
Gregory Sporleder
Robber #1
Esther K. Chae
Reporter #2
Bruce Gray
Mr. Richard Segerstrom

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Sep 25 2014

Competent actioner. S.W.A.T. is neither here nor there, in that if it was made ten years earlier it would in all probability be better thought of. The problem is that there is such a long line of action movies that entertain without pushing the boat out, some, like S.W.A.T., throw a good cast list at it and hope that carries the film through, others just go over the top with the pyrotechnics and think that is job done. Abandon hope of something fresh and exhilaratingly kinetic and S.W.A.T. passes muster. The plot of S.W.A.T. basically sees Samuel L. Jackson put in charge of a crack team o...